Background and Aim: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between social adjustment and high-risk sexual behavior among female high school students. Methods: The research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection. The statistical population consisted of all female high-school students in Tehran in the school year of 2018-2019. Two schools were selected from the four districts of Tehran (North, South, East, and West) through the multi-stage cluster random sampling method, and 35 out of 3993 students were selected as the samples using the Morgan table. The research tools included the high-risk sexual behavior questionnaire and the family functioning questionnaire. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics including correlation and regression methods. Results: The results indicated that there was a significant negative relationship between social adjustment and high-risk sexual behavior. Conclusion: The existence of a correlation between high-risk sexual behaviors helps social health authorities and institutions such as the department of education to identify behaviors that can be controlled with less cost and time, and prevent the occurrence of other behaviors in students.

Background & aim: Prevention of high-risk sexual behaviors due to its prevalence among young people is an important health concern. Because of the importance of promoting young people` sexual health, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of training high-risk sexual behaviors prevention through an educational package on sexual knowledge and attitude of students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study with a two-group pretest-posttest design was performed on 200 eligible female undergraduate students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran in 2016. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control group. In the intervention group, the participants received a prevention education program through a training package. Students' sexual knowledge and attitude were assessed using self-structured sexual knowledge and attitude questionnaires before and two weeks after the training. Paired and independent t-test, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon and Chi-square tests was used to analyze data by SPSS (version 16). Results: Sexual knowledge mean score of intervention group was significantly higher compared to the control group (29. 29±, 1. 14 vs 14. 41±, 4. 21, P=0. 005) after training. Mean score of students' sexual attitude although increased after training in intervention group compared to the control group (139. 39±, 13. 17 vs 133. 01±, 9. 79), but this difference was not significant (P=0. 081). Conclusion: The students` sexual knowledge was increased through using sexual training package as prevention education program. This method is recommended for sexual education and counseling of students to prevent high-risk sexual behaviors and promote community health.

Introduction: Many factors, such as the lack of necessary skills, contribute to the emergence of high-risk behaviors in students. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and compassion focused therapy (CFT) on the quality of life among adolescents with high-risk behaviors. Materials and Methods: The present extended experimental study was conducted on 45 female students studying humanities at the 10th grade of high school in the academic year of 2016-2017 using a pretest-posttest control group design. The study population was selected by singlestage cluster sampling technique, and then randomly assigned into three groups of ACT (n=15), CFT (n=15), and control (n=15). The two intervention groups were subjected to eight 90-minute interventional sessions. Data collection tools included the Adolescent Risk-Taking Questionnaire and Quality of Life Questionnaire SF-36. The three groups filled out the research instruments before the implementation of the intervention and after the end of the eight interventional sessions in forms of pretest and posttest, respectively. Data analysis was performed in SPSS software (version 16) using multivariate analysis of covariance, independent t-test, and modified Bonferroni test. Results: The results indicated that both treatments were equally effective in the quality of life (P<0. 01). The ACT group had the mean life of quality of 33. 87 and 52. 3 before and after the implementation of ACT, respectively. Furthermore, regarding the CFT group, the mean quality of life was obtained as 33. 5 and 44. 56 prior to and following the CFT intervention, respectively. However, no significant increase was observed in the control group in terms of this variable. The results also indicted the higher efficacy of ACT and CFT in the mental and physical health dimensions of the quality of life as compared to the control group (P<0. 01). Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, the combined application of ACT and CFT can have a significant impact on the quality of life among the female adolescents with high-risk behaviors and improve their well-being.